George Washington Carver The Life of the Great American Agriculturist

George Washington Carver began life as a slave in the tumultuous world of preCivil War Missouri. After the war, the orphaned Carver worked as a farmer, a hotel cook, and a laundryman while pursuing an education. As a professor at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Carver spearheaded the initiative to cultivate peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes to revive the Souths dismal agricultural economy. He also researched the domestic and industrial possibilities of these crops, and is most remembered for the invention of peanut butter.McMurry Edwards, Linda is the author of 'George Washington Carver The Life of the Great American Agriculturist', published 2004 under ISBN 9780823966332 and ISBN 082396633X.